Mission Review

Scotland's Charity Air Ambulance operates two helicopter air ambulances - Helimed 76 based in Perth and Helimed 79 based in Aberdeen. Tasked through Scotland's 999 emergency response network, we fly to every corner of Scotland, including her many islands. Here are just some of the call outs we've responded to recently.

SCAA recently attended two separate motocross bike accidents on the same day. The first took our Helimed 76 crew to North Berwick where a teenage boy was injured at a motocross track. The boy was airlifted to The Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh. Shortly afterwards, Helimed 76 attended a second motocross accident at a fairly inaccessible track in West Lothian. Our crew worked with colleagues from the Scottish Ambulance Service Special Operations Team and a land crew before airlifting the injured man to the Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh.

SCAA's Helimed 79 crew was able to transfer a patient from Wick to vital coronary care at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary in around 45 minutes. This rapid delivery to definitive care saved a road journey of over 200 miles that would have taken several hours.

SCAA reserve helicopter was quickly on scene when a motorcyclist was injured after leaving the road near Amulree. Our air ambulance landed on the rural road and airlifted the injured man to advanced care at Dundee's Major Trauma Centre.

SCAA Helimed 76 crew flew to Arran for a medical emergency involving a little boy. The youngster, supported by a SCAA teddy, was airlifted to Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock - a 15 minute flight instead of a road and ferry journey that would have taken hours.

A farmer recently injured while working with machinery was airlifted to hospital by SCAA. The accident happened at a farm near North Berwick and SCAA was able to land nearby to work with Scottish Ambulance Service colleagues before airlifting the injured farmer quickly to advanced care at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.

SCAA's Helimed 79 crew airlifted a patient from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to get him home to Orkney in time for Christmas. When the man was safely back in Kirkwall, our aircraft went on to airlift a woman from the Balfour Hospital back to Aberdeen for advanced hospital care.

A medical emergency in Rothesay saw SCAA's Helimed 76 crew fly to Bute and airlift the patient from the island to specialist care at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley. Our rapid air response cut hours off the equivalent road and ferry journey for the patient, getting him safely to hospital care in the fastest possible time.

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